Companies such as Google, Meta, Discord, Roblox, Twitch announced their program called “Lantern”, in which they will act together against the threat of abuse and harassment of children in online environments.
The spread of technology and more in the younger age group As people start to use technology, one of the problems we encounter in the online world is harassment and abuse against children. Technology giants are now taking responsibility to combat this global problem.
Lantern With the new program called, people who exhibit such negative behavior towards children, can be watched on different platforms will start. The purpose of the program is to detect attackers who may direct children to other platforms to avoid being caught.
How will the system work?
To herself the Tech Coalition According to the statement made by the group called (Technology Coalition), with the Lantern program, child abusers will be able to be monitored on different platforms for the first time. With the program, child abuse detect and block It will be easier and threats will be identified more quickly. With the Lantern project, it will be possible to more easily detect different tactics developed by attackers and report them to law enforcement.
First, each coalition member will try to threaten possible attackers on their platform. The company, which will then take action according to its own policies, will also mark this profile in the Lantern program. Other platforms too at Lantern According to the information provided, they will be able to track down the attacker on their own platforms. These platforms will also impose sanctions according to their own policies and provide feedback to the Lantern system.
Detected profiles will also be reported to the police.
So what will stop attackers from opening new social media accounts? Law enforcement authorities, because after each report, these profiles will be shared with the relevant authorities. During the pilot phase of the project more than 10 thousand While the Facebook profile, Facebook page and Instagram profile were closed, the owners or administrators of these pages were reported to law enforcement.
Among the companies that have joined The Tech Coalition so far: Discord, Google, Meta, Mega, Quora, Roblox, Snap and Twitch It is located. These members Lantern He states that he has been working for two years to develop his project. Lantern will also share clear guidelines on the data that will be constantly checked and shared by the coalition.
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